Sign



1,629,22 May 17,1927 E. sHARP. JR

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Filed Feb. 11. 1926 ""IM "In," ""ll u mui l) HWI) IVHII.

- Edwa Ehen-'p l1-1 Patented May 17, 1927.l

1 vUlgvrran .g STATES Per sniff o sereni-iff g EDWARD SHARP, an., orBRooKLINE, lIvrAs'sncrrusncr'rs'.` f

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vQ-nmnipatin med February 1 1, 192e.' fsriaino. 'sae-5 5.'

` The present invention relates to signs intended foroutdoor"advertising,and the pri- *maryA object of the 'invention'is toprovidek an improved advertising sign particularly 5 well adapted foruse by realestate agents.

' The type of sign nowl in generaljuse by real estate agents foradvertising'purposes,-

embody wooden signs which are nailed upon' stakes which haveto 'bedriveninto the ground forl supportingof the sign. Such signs are extremely'culmsy and difficult to setup owing to the fact that ready driving ofthe stake cannotbe readily accomplished without liability of defacingthe sign. Such type of signs cannot be'easily transported, Y and ifstored in any considerable number, require much space. f

A further object of the invention therefore is to provide an improvedadvertising sign of this character which may be readily separated fromits supporting standards, and thus transported easily and when storedwill not occupy vany considerable'amount ofl space; Y A further objectof the invention is to provide a sign embodying uprights or posts fordetachably receiving the sign proper, and which uprights are so formedthat the same may be driven into the ground and then the sign properassociated with the upper ends thereof regardless as to whether theposts have been driven in proper spaced relation or whether the postshave/been driven into the ground'in a perfectly vertical position. vOther objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent duringthe course of the following detailed description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, andin which drawing Figure 1 is a rear plan view of the improved sign andshowing the same in position upon its uprights.` the lower portions ofthe uprights being broken away.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the showing in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a rear plan view of the sign, showing the uprights or postsdriven into the ground in spaced relation, and showing the sign properin position ready to be slipped over the upper ends of the uprights. yFigure t is anenlarged fragmentary section showing the manner ofsecuring the sign proper to the uprights.

In the drawing, and wherein similar reference characters designatecorresponding parts throughout the several -viewsfl() may designate a`sign board ofA any desired'size and contiguratioinand which may haveprovided on its vfront face 11`,"f'a'ny suitable advertisiiig matter ina'ccordancevith thevu'se tofwhich the sign is ,intended 'fk The signboard 10 is preferably" made of metal, and if desirable a suitableframelinaywbe provided at the front face of the 'sign'.board. f i' i'Secured in any suitablemanner to the rear 'face ofthe'sign board 10,and spaced' a suitable ldistanceapart, are metallic sockets 1K2 eachprovided with round bores 13 opening at the lower ends of the socketsand yclosed at their. upper ends by the top walls 14h These sockets 12may be of any suitable length, and are preferably formed with themarginal fiange portions 15 for providing ablyY consists of steel rodssharpened into e points 17 at their' lower ends and having theiropposite or upper ends slightly tapered as at 18. The pointed ends 17are to permit of ready driving of the posts into the ground, while theslightly tapered ends 18 yand one of will facilitate placing of the signboard in l proper relation to the posts after the" same have been drivenintoy the ground, since the tapered portions` will act to guide theupper ends of the `posts into the bores of the sockets in case the exactspacing of the post does .not coincide with the spacing of the sockets.By so tapering the upper'ends of thev posts as at 18, a'furtheradvantage will be gained in that if the extreme'upper ends of the postsare -burred over asin Figure 4, and which burring may be caused by theuse of a hammer or otherv tool usedfor driving the posts intothe ground,such will not prevent the sign from being disposed upon the upper'end'of the post. v

It is preferred, as'before stated, that the sockets 12 be, spacedrelativelyr close, since such would permit of a person when driving thepost 16` to better gauge the distance between the posts and thus drivingVthevpost in spaced relation substantially equal to the l v lo distanceVbetween the sockets 112. [As v-vvill abe observed v-in l Figure -3,should 'one' of Athe posts be driven at an incline as illustrated, thetapered upper :endsslcSJ-williaid -nguidling the posts into the socketsand which inclined position of the post would create a binding action inthe bore of :the socketand serve to better'hold the sign "board inposition upon the post.

fFrom` the foregoing description .uit willk e the sign when erecting`the sign.

yChangesfinn'fdet',,il lmay be made to .the specific form foftheinvejntion herein yshown ^following claim.

and gdesdcribed, "Without departing `from the spirit of the inventionortbe'scope 'of the A.

lfolai'm: y i rA slgn for outdoor advertising comprising in combination,a pair of cylindrical metal rods adaptedbto be driven intoy the groundin spaced relation -to one another, said ,posts eachfh'aving i,pointedlower ends andf'frnstofconic'al :upper ends; a, sign board, and .socketsfhaving'straight bores open vat tlieir @lowerz ends yand closed at:their ,upper ends,-secu1e1d Vin parallel spaced' relation upon thereartrface .of the lsignboard `for slidably. receiving. ythe uppertapered Y ends the `sign board upon the rods'. i

of "the .rods ,for {detachable )supporting ,of

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